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Discussions on Iran's nuclear program may resume

Nuclear Program Materials 17 May 2023 16:36 (UTC +04:00)
Discussions on Iran's nuclear program may resume

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 17. Negotiations between the parties on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding Iran's nuclear program may begin soon, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Shahriyar Heidari told reporters, Trend reports via Mehr news agency.

According to Heydari, the US and European countries have sent a number of messages to Iran in this regard. He said that Iran's position regarding the JCPOA hasn't changed.

Achieving a positive result with this plan and the complete lifting of sanctions against Iran is of great importance for Iran, the MP said.

In January 2016, JCPOA was launched between Iran and the P5+1 group (US, Russia, China, UK, France, and Germany) in connection with Iran's nuclear program. In May 2018, the US announced its withdrawal from the deal and imposed sanctions on Iran in November of the same year.

To preserve the agreements reached as part of the JCPOA, the European signatories of the deal started in January 2019 that a financial mechanism for maintaining trade with Iran called INSTEX was formed.

On May 8, 2019, Iran announced that it had ceased fulfilling its commitments regarding the sale of over 300 kilograms of uranium, as stated in the deal, basing its decision on the other signatories that have not fulfilled their obligations. On July 7, Iran announced that it will not be fulfilling its commitments regarding the enrichment of uranium at 3.67 percent and the reconstruction of the Arak Heavy Water Reactor Facility as stated in the deal.

Iran announced that it will enrich uranium using next-generation centrifuges and will not mix it with the enriched uranium residues as part of the third step of reducing commitments in JCPOA on Sept.5.

On Nov. 5, 2019, Iran announced that it took the fourth step in connection with reducing its commitments to the nuclear agreement. So, uranium gas is being pumped to the centrifuges at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.

On Jan.2020, Iran took the last fifth step in reducing the number of its commitments within JCPOA. The US imposed new sanctions on Iran in November 2018. Over the past period, the sanctions affected Iranian oil exports, more than 700 banks, companies, and individuals. The sanctions have resulted in the freezing of Iranian assets abroad.

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